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MICHAEL DAVID HELMSTETLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 22, 1945 – June 19, 1968
Service recordMichael David Helmstetler, of High Point, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 31
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- May 22, 1945
- Home of record
- High Point, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 56W, Line 31
- ROBERT M WOODSSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- HERBERT MARSHALL ALLENSergeant · June 19, 1968
- DAVID RUSSELL BARTHOLOMEWPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- RONALD LEE BESTPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
From High Point
- CHARLES CLAYBOURN COXSergeant · November 4, 1965
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- PHILIP OWEN PARRISHPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- JAMES EARL JENKINSPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- REMBERT CRAWFORD JRStaff Sergeant · February 5, 1968
- FLOYD TYRONE SPENCERSergeant · March 11, 1968
- HASKER LEE NESBITT JRPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- MILTON EUGENE FLOWERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- RONALD LEE MABEPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.